---
title: "Voyage charter fixture recap checklist (before the fixture is clean)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/maritime-shipping-and-transport/voyage-charter-fixture-recap-checklist"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a37-voyage-charter-fixture-recap-checklist"
area_id: "A37"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A37-B7-1", "A37-T1-R2", "A37-A20260923-4"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-18"
---

# Voyage charter fixture recap checklist (before the fixture is clean)

> Checklist for reviewing a broker's fixture recap for a voyage charter before subjects are lifted: parties, vessel, cargo, ports, laycan, freight, laytime and demurrage, base form and riders, bills of lading, liens, law…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/maritime-shipping-and-transport/voyage-charter-fixture-recap-checklist  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

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Checklist for reviewing a broker's fixture recap for a voyage charter before subjects are lifted: parties, vessel, cargo, ports, laycan, freight, laytime and demurrage, base form and riders, bills of lading, liens, law and arbitration.

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Maritime, Shipping & Transport](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/maritime-shipping-and-transport.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, International / cross-border
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Australia and International / cross-border.

## When to use it

Use when acting for owners or charterers as main terms are agreed through brokers, so that gaps and inconsistencies are caught before the fixture becomes binding and the charter party is drawn up from the recap.

## Used for these tasks

- [Extract charterparty key terms into a table](https://ailawframework.com/practice/maritime-shipping-and-transport.md#A37-B7-1)
- [Compare a charterparty to the standard form](https://ailawframework.com/practice/maritime-shipping-and-transport.md#A37-T1-R2)
- [Extract a lien, cesser and law-and-arbitration suite from the charter](https://ailawframework.com/practice/maritime-shipping-and-transport.md#A37-A20260923-4)

## How AI may be used

AI may extract the recap terms into this checklist and compare them with the base form and previous fixtures; a lawyer decides what is missing, what conflicts and what to raise before subjects are lifted.

**AI may:**

- Extract every term in the recap into the checklist and mark items not addressed
- Compare the recap with the base form and the client's standard rider clauses and list differences
- Flag inconsistencies, for example a laytime term that does not match the cargo quantity or a law clause that conflicts with the arbitration clause

**AI must not:**

- Must not confirm to brokers that terms are agreed or that subjects are lifted
- Must not fill gaps in the recap with assumed terms
- Must not treat a sanctions or trading-limit question as cleared without the lawyer's check

**The lawyer checks:**

- Every commercial term the client gave in instructions appears correctly in the recap
- The base form, edition and rider clauses are identified, and the recap says which prevails if they conflict
- Law and arbitration, bills of lading terms, liens and cesser, and sanctions provisions are settled before the fixture is clean

## Authorities

- [BIMCO, GENCON 2022 standard voyage charter party and its companion bill of lading, CONGENBILL 2022 (publication page)](https://www.bimco.org/contractual-affairs/bimco-contracts/contracts/gencon-2022/)
- [BIMCO, Laytime Definitions for Charter Parties 2013 (apply only when expressly incorporated)](https://www.bimco.org/media/qy2neqim/laytime-definitions-for-charter-parties-2013-v2.pdf)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/maritime-shipping-and-transport/voyage-charter-fixture-recap-checklist and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*